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Australian Rugby Union today confirmed NSW will host three matches – including the third and final Test – when the British and Irish Lions make their long-awaited return to Australia with a tour in 2013.

Australian Schoolboys have ended ten years of pain with an impressive 23-17 victory over fierce rivals New Zealand Schools to reclaim the Novotel Trans-Tasman Trophy at St Joseph’s College in Sydney today. Does this bode well for the next Rugby World Cup?

Wallabies inside centre Scott Staniforth has been withdrawn from Saturday’s final Pool B clash with Canada in Bordeaux. Staniforth was ruled out of the match after failing a medical on his injured shoulder.